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GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin JUNE 3 – 4, 2019   WORD OF THE WEEK:  D-DAY: 75th ANNIVERSARY JUNE 6, 2019 NORMANDY, LAND OF LIBERTY On 6 June 1944 and during the long summer that followed, men from all over the world came to fight in Normandy to defeat Nazism and re-establish freedom. Normandy will bear the scars of this moment

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GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin MAY 20 – 24, 2019   WORD OF THE WEEK:  MEMORIAL DAY – MAY 27, 2019 This U.S. federal holiday is celebrated on the last Monday of May to honor the men and women who have died while serving in the military. In 2019, it will be observed on Monday, May 27. Memorial Day is a

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GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin MAY 13 – 17, 2019   WORD OF THE WEEK:  MOTHER’S DAY – MAY 12, 2019 Mother’s Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, most commonly in the

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GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin MAY 6 – 10, 2019   WORD OF THE WEEK:  VE DAY – Wednesday, May 8, 2019 Victory in Europe Day, generally known as VE Day or V-E Day, is celebrated on Tuesday, 8 May 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender of its armed

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GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin APRIL 29 – MAY 1, 2019   WORD OF THE WEEK:  LAW DAY, MAY 1, 2019 Law Day 2019 The 2019 Law Day theme—Free Speech, Free Press, Free Society—focuses on these cornerstones of representative government and calls on us to understand and protect these rights to ensure, as the U.S. Constitution proposes, “the blessings of liberty

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  GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin APRIL 15-18, 2019   WORD OF THE WEEK:  EARTH DAY APRIL 22, 2019 WHAT IS EARTH DAY? Ever wondered how Earth Day started? This observance arose from an interest in gathering national support for environmental issues. In 1970, San Francisco activist John McConnell and Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson separately asked Americans to join in a

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GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin APRIL 15-18, 2019   WORD OF THE WEEK:  THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2019– THE 113th ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1906 EARTHQUAKE, MAGNITUDE 7.9. THIS “EVENT TURNED SAN FRANCISCO STREETS INTO WAVES, FLATTENING MUCH OF THE SKY LINE AND IGNITING FIRES THAT RAGED FOR ALMOST FOUR DAYS.  THE QUAKE RUPTURED 296 MILES OF FAULT LINE — FROM CAPE MENDOCINO

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GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin APRIL 8-12, 2019   WORD OF THE WEEK:  NATIONAL FORMER POW RECOGNITION DAY APRIL 9: National Former POW Recognition Day. April 9th is designated by Congress as the Presidentially proclaimed observance of National Former POW Recognition Day. On April 9, 1942 United States forces surrendered on the Bataan Peninsula, beginning the Bataan Death March. On this

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GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin APRIL 1 – 5, 2019   WORD OF THE WEEK:  APRIL 1st AKA APRIL FOOL’S DAY April Fools’ Day or April Fool’s Day (sometimes called All Fools’ Day) is an annual celebration commemorated on April 1 by playing practical jokes and spreading hoaxes. The jokes and their victims are called April fools. People playing April Fool

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  GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin MARCH 18 – 22, 2019 WORD OF THE WEEK:  ST. PATRICK’S DAY   MARCH 17th~~Note: The symbol of St. Patrick is a three-leaf shamrock, not a four-leaf clover. However, long before the shamrock became associated with St. Patrick’s Day, the four-leaf clover was regarded by ancient Celts as a charm against evil spirits. STUDENTS UPCOMING

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